West Virginia Code 51-9-6d – Adjusted annual retirement benefit calculations
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In calculating the annual retirement benefits under section six of this article for any individual who is appointed or elected for the first time as judge of a court of record of this state after July 1, 2005, the judge shall receive retirement benefits in an amount equal to seventy-five percent of the individual's final average salary. The individual is not entitled to an increase in benefits by virtue of any increase in the salaries of the offices of circuit court judge or Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 51-9-6d
- Final average salary: means the average of the highest 36 consecutive months' compensation received by the member as a judge of any court of record of this state. See West Virginia Code 51-9-1a
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10